Month: September 2009

Basic table layout mostly finished now that the aluminum rails are installed.

Early flipper prototype.

Flipper assembly.

The solenoid closes and pulls on the short piece of aluminum rotating the bolt in the top left that is attached to the flipper on the topside of the table

The shooter assembly.

The complete flipper.

The completed front of the table.

Two sets of three targets.

The ball strikes the front circle and pushes the backplate against the ‘L’ shaped part screwed to the floor. Electrodes are connected to the two components and this will be used to send score signals to the micro controller.

My first bumper finished.

I will need to replace the rubber. As the ball strikes the rubber the rubber presses on one of the two switches which trigger the hammer (in the middle) which hammers back on the rubber.

The underside of the hammer

The drink holder to be fixed to the side of the table

The front underside of the table showing both flippers finished and the ‘safety light’

A dell (its not quite standard) small form ATX power supply and power plug

Underside shots of both flippers, one hammer and the powersupply

This is nearly the table up to date, the second hammer has been finshed and i have started to design the round bumper things to go in the back. More at the end of the semmester.